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KLASS Lions Sports Round-up KLASS Lions Sports Round-up

Last weekend saw the KLASS Lions Sports teams in action, competing in a range of sports as part of KLASS Series, FOBISIA and the very prestigious SEASAC competitions. Events took place across schools in Singapore, Thailand and KL as 83 of our boys and girls faced some of the toughest competition from around South East Asia. Enjoy the round up below.

U18 Girls’ Tennis

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Connecting our Community: Our new supporters merchandise is arriving! Connecting our Community: Our new supporters merchandise is arriving!

In today's dynamic educational landscape, Supporter Merchandise plays a crucial role in fostering school spirit, unity, and community engagement. From trendy apparel to accessories, these products serve as powerful tools for students and parents to showcase their spirit and support for the school. Additionally, students and parents supporters can proudly wear these items to..

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Secondary Weekly Highlight: Celebrating a Season of SEASAC Sport Secondary Weekly Highlight: Celebrating a Season of SEASAC Sport

As we draw towards the end of the year, our Director of Sport, Danny Hodnett, takes a moment in this week’s Secondary Blog to celebrate the learning and successes of recent SEASAC events. SEASAC Season 3 competitions saw Alice Smith students compete, once again, against some of the best schools across South East Asia. They performed incredibly well, showcasing their skills and..

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Secondary Weekly Highlight: Connected Through Learning Secondary Weekly Highlight: Connected Through Learning

Last month, The PE and Sport faculty hosted the prestigious FOBISIA PE and Sport Conference. The event was a major success, bringing together over 150 PE and sport professionals from across South East Asia to share best practice and learn from some of the world's leading experts in the field. The conference provided a platform for attendees to network, exchange ideas and gain..

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Secondary Weekly Highlight: SEASAC Football and Volleyball Secondary Weekly Highlight: SEASAC Football and Volleyball

Over the last few weeks, the PE and Sports team have returned to action in the very prestigious SEASAC competitions. Competing in separate football and volleyball competitions, 46 of our Under 18 boys and girls travelled to Singapore in early November to face some of the toughest competition from around South East Asia. In this week’s Secondary Blog, our Head of Sport, Warren..

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Primary Weekly Highlight: ECAs and Sports in Full Flow Primary Weekly Highlight: ECAs and Sports in Full Flow

Amongst the many joyous happenings at JB, this term has been the return of a full and comprehensive ECA and Sports programme. Not only have we re-established a fantastic programme but we have actually enhanced it to levels beyond where it was pre-pandemic.

Our students are thriving in a wealth of opportunities across a wide range of activities throughout our campus before and..

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Secondary Weekly Highlight: Sport for All Secondary Weekly Highlight: Sport for All

Following last week’s deep dive into the world of Drama at KLASS, including the team’s recent shortlisting in this year’s International School Awards, we shift our focus this week to our PE and Sport Department. OurDirector of Sport, Danny Hodnett, has pulled together a snapshot of the diverse and rich programme in place for our students this year, including some event..

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Primary Weekly Highlights: Reconnecting Our Community Through PE and Sport Primary Weekly Highlights: Reconnecting Our Community Through PE and Sport

We have just completed the most amazing week of PE and Sport activities at our JB campus. This began last Saturday with our Primary School Biathlon. Around 175 students from Years 2-6 competed in a swim/run event with three different distances to choose from. The effort, resilience and sheer determination on show from the children was so impressive. Our parents attended in..

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Secondary Weekly Highlights: Climbing High and Swimming Strong! Secondary Weekly Highlights: Climbing High and Swimming Strong!

In this week’s Secondary Blog, it is a pleasure to be able to celebrate two sporting achievements and experiences that our students have had in recent weeks: one on land and one in water. Francesco Corbetta (Teacher of Physics and Head of EPQ), Melissa Ang (Coach) and Lewis Keens (Director or Sport) share more details below.

Last month, Camp 5 organised the first Council..

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Sport Returns to KLASS!🏸🏀🏊⚽ Sport Returns to KLASS!🏸🏀🏊⚽

On 11 March 2020, our U18 Boys Badminton team flicked, cleared and pivoted their way through the seasonal AIMS Tournament, held at MKIS, blissfully unaware the event would be the last competitive fixture for over 2 years! Fittingly, our eagerly anticipated return to sport begins with a friendly Badminton tournament at the Secondary campus.

 On Wednesday 8 June we welcome..
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Learn Something New Everyday: PE Teachers CPD Learn Something New Everyday: PE Teachers CPD

In PE we love to learn new things and over recent weeks our PE & Sport Department have been busy developing our knowledge across a range of activity areas.

During the Easter break our dedicated team of swim coaches spent two exhausting days upskilling their Lifeguarding skills by taking the ‘National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches’ (NRASTC) qualification. 

The..

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FOBISIA Virtual Run 🏃and Virtual Swim🏊 FOBISIA Virtual Run 🏃and Virtual Swim🏊

Before the Easter break a number of our students were involved in some exciting FOBISIA Virtual sport events.

FOBISIA Virtual Run🏃

For 8 weeks leading up to the break, a small group of determined students from JB and EP worked hard both at home and at school to prepare their minds and bodies for the FOBISIA Virtual Run.

The Virtual Run, over a distance of 5km, challenged our..

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KLASS Torpedoes compete @ SEASAC virtual swim meet🏊 KLASS Torpedoes compete @ SEASAC virtual swim meet🏊

And just like that, KLASS Torpedoes has finished their first official meet in 2 years. A determined team returned to the competition circuit, putting down impressive times for our time trials in February. From there, 10 boys and 10 girls were selected to represent Alice Smith in the virtual SEASAC swim meet - the most prestigious swim meet for international schools in..

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Conceptual Understanding in PE: KLASS Values with Y7 Conceptual Understanding in PE: KLASS Values with Y7

To lead the pursuit of excellence in learning underpins our KLASS vision, mission and belief statement. Our teachers are leaders in learning; they thrive through collaboration and research; through creativity and innovation; through taking risks in their teaching and being reflective in doing so. This week, our Director of Sport, Lewis Keens, shares with us the innovative..

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FOBISIA Virtual Dance and Gymnastics FOBISIA Virtual Dance and Gymnastics

Last week KLASS students watched in anticipation as their hard work creating gymnastic routines and dances during lockdown was shared with the FOBISIA community.

FOBISIA Virtual Dance

Back in distance learning, Ms Sullivan and Miss Curwood worked closely with our students, offering them the opportunity to enter the FOBISIA Invitational Dance, hosted by Bangkok Patana School...

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AIMS Virtual Olympics Results AIMS Virtual Olympics Results

After 5 weeks of competition, involving 1,639 participants from 41 AIMS schools the official AIMS Virtual Olympics Results are in…

We are pleased that 50 KLASS students took part in the competition with 10 of our students managing to make the leaderboard in the events! 🏅

To see the final leaderboards for each individual event and a list of all participating schools please..

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